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Environmental accountability starts with data. PJMF partner FencelineData.org is expanding its public platform with 10 years of EPA emissions records, mapping tools, and training to help residents and journalists track local pollution risks. #DataForGood #PublicInterestTech

Technology alone doesn't drive change. Strategy, governance, and human judgment do. Jacqui Watts joined @ReFED's Learning Lab to share practical ways food waste organizations can use AI to strengthen operations and expand their impact.  Watch at: youtube.com/watch?v=ecBlTJ…

Is your organization grappling with questions about how to design and deploy AI products that serve culturally diverse groups? Join PJMF’s upcoming Learning Cluster to see how civil society organizations are navigating this challenge. Get involved here: tinyurl.com/mtydyrja

At a major newsroom, a reporter in danger has a security team. A freelancer is often on their own. JESS, from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, gives any reporter expert safety guidance. Available now to journalists across the U.S: safetyjess.ai

Across digital media, misinformation travels faster than the truth, and AI chatbots are its newest channel. PJMF partner @FullFact is building the world's first AI Trust Benchmark for LLMs to measure how far their answers can be trusted. Learn more: tinyurl.com/yj2mc4j5

Pope Leo XIV warns that authority is shifting from citizens to machines. Days later, President Trump signed an AI executive order. In his latest op-ed, @vilasdhar asks who gets a voice in the construction site of our time as AI reshapes public life: tinyurl.com/y4jnee4e

Machines can generate. People create. On June 17 in NYC, @AspenDigital and PJMF cohost Shared Futures: The AI Forum, with the artists and inventors exploring how AI can deepen what is most human about us. Join us by registering for the livestream: tinyurl.com/2p546sua

Crushed rock on farmland pulls CO2 from the air as it weathers, locking carbon away while soil gets healthier. PJMF partner Cascade Climate's Bedrock Initiative is building the multi-region evidence base to prove it works at scale. Learn more: tinyurl.com/4mec4asa

Domestic workers are excluded from federal labor protections. The National Domestic Workers Alliance built Ask Aya, a multilingual chatbot shaped by 1,000+ workers, to help them know their rights and negotiate fair pay. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5x5xjjuv

Tune in tomorrow for Magnifica Humanitas: Catholic Thought for the Digital Age. PJMF President @vilasdhar joins Kim Daniels, Josh Good, and moderator @vivian of @AspenDigital on Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical and the moral stakes of AI: tinyurl.com/4dtkmnuy

Register Now: register.aspeninstitute.org/event/e0998ead… via @AspenInstitute, @AspenDigital, @AspenReligion and @PJMFdn

"At WordPress's scale, a 90% reduction in token load is a substantive gain for the climate." Nick Cain, PJMF’s VP of Strategy and Innovation, on @ChanceryProject's new open source plugin that cuts the energy cost of AI web traffic. Learn more: tinyurl.com/aah72ws5

Nearly a third of teens say chatting with AI is as satisfying as talking with real friends. PJMF partner @CommonSense launched the Youth AI Safety Institute, the first independent lab making AI safer and age-appropriate for kids. Read the story in @CNN: tinyurl.com/2fwnnkfv

The pressure to adopt AI is everywhere. In @SSIReview, PJMF's Jacqui Watts and @DukeFuqua CASE's Kimberly Bardy Langsam and Erin Worsham offer a board-ready framework for social impact leaders: four foundational questions to ground AI strategy in mission: tinyurl.com/4r59672x

In a new Imminent interview, PJMF President @vilasdhar reframes AI as civic infrastructure, held to the same public standards we apply to water and electrical systems. "Once we use that language, we inherit a whole set of responsibilities and obligations:” tinyurl.com/55xwxn5r

AI development has long treated the Global South as a source of raw data rather than a partner. At the 2026 Global Inclusive Growth Forum, @vilasdhar made the case for communities to own the data and governance of AI built on them: tinyurl.com/nhdp56w3 @CNTR4growth

Nonprofits building AI for good shouldn't have to start from scratch. PJMF's Learning Hub shares the field's hardest-won lessons through new resources and use cases. Sign up for the Learning Hub newsletter for more updates: tinyurl.com/m9ptzyfx

Last week, PJMF partner Open Supply Hub launched OS Hub Spotlight, an open platform that connects siloed environmental and labor datasets to production location profiles around the world. Explore the platform that will drive supply chain accountability: opensupplyhub.org

The biggest financial decision most Americans make is shaped by algorithms they cannot see. In our latest Humans of AI for Humanity, @natfairhouse Chief AI Officer @angelofmath shares his work's mission: holding housing algorithms accountable for equity: tinyurl.com/2wyva3kk

PJMF partner @EarthGenome has launched Earth Index, putting environmental mapping in the hands of those most affected by harm. Ben Strong joined PJMF's Nick Cain to discuss how it will accelerate accountability worldwide. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2pr3a22s